SWIMMING.
4 NEW ZEALAND RECORD BROKEN.
(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.! AUCKLAND, March 14. M E. Champion, swimming at the Waitemata Club’s Carnival, held ill l the Albert Street baths to-night, broke the New Zealand record for 100 yards (b<s 1-osec), held hv O. Brice, of Thorndon, Wellington. He covered the distance in 61 4-ssec. The carnival was held for the purpose of raising funds to keep Champion s family while lie,.is .away from Auckland, as Champion is determined not to go to 1 the 1 Festival of Empire, sports unless the sum of £BO is provided for his family’s maintenance. A special effort will be made to-morrow to raise the balance required (about £4O). The carnival tonight will show a profit Ox about —o only. ______
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3169, 15 March 1911, Page 6
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124SWIMMING. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3169, 15 March 1911, Page 6
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